Ruth Pearce
Ruth Pearce is a researcher, campaigner, and punk musician. Her work explore issues of inequality, marginalisation, power and political struggle from a trans feminist perspective. She is currently...
Rick Dove
Once voted “most likely to start the revolution” Rick is a progressive poet and activist from Southwest London. Arriving on the spoken word scene in 2015, Rick has performed across the UK and...
Philippa Zawe
Philippa Zawe is a Yorkshire based singer-songwriter. She is of Ugandan heritage and her songwriting is inspired by the rich stories that are told around her and that lie within her. Her songs are...
Claire Gilbert
After reading theology at Balliol College, Oxford, Claire developed expertise in medical ethics as a Research Fellow at King's College, London. She published The Manual for Research Ethics Committees...
New lineup names – 30 May 2023
Today's the day we make our second wave of lineup announcements, adding to the music, ideas, theatre, comedy and worship lineup we first shared back in March. We're really excited (but we're...
Communities for Ukraine
To mark Greenbelt's 50th anniversary, we've teamed up with Citizens UK to recruit 50 new hosts for Ukrainians fleeing war and invasion as part of their pioneering Communities for Ukraine...
Become a Host: Communities for Ukraine
Like us, Citizens UK believe that small ripples of community and solidarity can create waves of positive change. It's one of the many reasons they're one of our partners, and why, together, we're...
Greenbelt Through the Decades: The 1990s
To celebrate our 50th anniversary, we've asked some of the folk who've helped bring Greenbelt Festival to life over the last 50 years to write a little something about their festival experiences....
Love imagines something different
On this Good Friday, Greenbelt trustee Marika Rose reflects on the vexed legacies of love we have inherited; how love has so often become inextricable from violence, control, fear and...
50 years of partnership
We're pleased and proud to be able to share with you the wonderful array of partner organisations who will be present with us this year at our 50th anniversary gathering in various ways. Here's a...
First name terms: initial 2023 lineup announcements
Our Creative Director Paul Northup has penned a blog about what's in store this year, for those of you who want to know what we're particularly excited about. Don't forget you can also use our...
The Chosen Haram presented by Sadiq Ali
The Chosen Haram presented by Sadiq Ali produced by Turtle Key Arts Expect a heady mix of love, drugs and Islam. This unique and complex take on circus, performed on two Chinese poles, is...
Oh My God! It’s the Church
The Lord works in mysterious ways. Or so the saying goes, but there is nothing mysterious about the rise of the fabulously original entertainment phenomenon that is - Oh My God! It's The Church....
Rianne Downey
Bursting through the dark clouds and finding rainbow-hued pop music's salvation, is Rianne Downey. A deep-reaching, up-tempo study on life, the ups, downs, break ups with others and make-ups with...
Sorority Grrrls
Sorority Grrrls is a Riot Grrrl band, founded in Newcastle Upon Tyne in early 2022. They are inspired by the sounds of bands like Sleater-Kinney and Bikini Kill and are fueled by political and...